2nd French commando likely killed in Somalia raid

FILE - In this Monday, June 11, 2012 file photo, French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian listens to a question during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. Le Drian said Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, that a French soldier is missing after an unsuccessful commando raid in Somalia to rescue an intelligence agent who was killed by his captors during the fighting. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)

PARIS (AP) — France’s defense minister says a French commando who went missing during the bungled attempt to rescue a hostage in Somalia was most likely killed during the operation.

Jean-Yves Le Drian says “everything leads us to believe” that the missing commando was killed. Another French commando was already confirmed killed in the operation, as well as the hostage, a French intelligence agent captured in 2009.

Speaking after a meeting with French President Francois Hollande Monday, Le Drian also said France believes that the Islamist al-Shabab group is preparing a “macabre and disgraceful” display of the dead soldiers’ bodies.